Posts Tagged ‘kei cars’
Car of the Year Japan 2012 Top Ten Contenders Announced
Japan’s own Car of the Year (COTY) top ten contenders have been recently announced. The overall winner o…
Read MoreHonda's New N Box Kei Car Takes Aim At Daihatsu Tanto
Honda’s latest foray into Japan’s kei car market, the “N Box” is being priced to go he…
Read MoreJapan New Car Sales Up First Time in 14 Months
Japan’s October 2011 new car sales showed an increase of 25% over the previous year, when including sale…
Read More2 Million Yen Suzuki Swift Plug-in Hybrid in 2013 – Plans Leaked by MSN Japan
Oops! Looks like someone clicked the “publish” button before they were supposed to on this one: A …
Read MoreDaihatsu Mira e:S Order Book Explodes
Back in July, I wrote about the new Daihatsu Mira e:S that achieves an almost hybrid-level of fuel economy (30…
Read MoreJapan's Regular Car Sales Show YOY Increase For First Time in 13 Months
After a downward spiral that has lasted 13 months, and which was greatly accelerated by the earthquake disaste…
Read MoreKyushu University Team Develops Platinum-Free Fuel Cell
A team from Kyushu University in Fukuoka, southern Japan, published details of an experimental fuel cell that …
Read MoreToyota's New Space Launches "Pixis" Kei Car Brand
Despite owning a daughter company (Daihatsu) that specializes in kei cars (mini cars with small engines sold i…
Read MoreThe Continued Rise of Japan's Kei Cars
The Japan Mini Vehicles Association today announced that the proportion of households in Japan owning mini (or…
Read MoreNew Daihatsu e:S Gets 30 KM per Liter (70.6 MPG) for 800,000 Yen
Daihatsu showed off its new 3-cylinder engine technology to Japanese journalists on July 19th. The result is t…
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